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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,678 53.52% 4,063 46.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 705 8.07% 900 10.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 365 4.18% 250 2.86%
Management, except farm managers 210 2.40% 169 1.93%
Farmers & farm managers 102 1.17% 19 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 53 0.61% 62 0.71%
Business operations specialists 23 0.26% 26 0.30%
Financial specialists 30 0.34% 36 0.41%
Professional & related occupations: 340 3.89% 650 7.44%
Computer & mathematical 28 0.32% 19 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 65 0.74% 28 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 27 0.31% 5 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 38 0.43% 23 0.26%
Life, physical, & social science 32 0.37% 21 0.24%
Community & social services 47 0.54% 39 0.45%
Legal 28 0.32% 19 0.22%
Education, training, & library 95 1.09% 285 3.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9 0.10% 45 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 36 0.41% 194 2.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 30 0.34% 130 1.49%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.07% 64 0.73%
Service occupations: 456 5.22% 802 9.18%
Healthcare support 9 0.10% 135 1.54%
Protective services: 145 1.66% 57 0.65%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 118 1.35% 50 0.57%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 27 0.31% 7 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 98 1.12% 285 3.26%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 185 2.12% 116 1.33%
Personal care & service 19 0.22% 209 2.39%
Sales & office occupations: 472 5.40% 1,284 14.69%
Sales & related occupations 268 3.07% 392 4.48%
Office & administrative support 204 2.33% 892 10.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 42 0.48% 4 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,068 12.22% 62 0.71%
Construction & extraction: 566 6.48% 34 0.39%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 81 0.93% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 485 5.55% 34 0.39%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 502 5.74% 28 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,935 22.14% 1,011 11.57%
Production 1,325 15.16% 849 9.71%
Transportation & material moving: 610 6.98% 162 1.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 13 0.15% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 233 2.67% 16 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.13% 0 0.00%
Material moving 353 4.04% 146 1.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,678 53.52% 4,063 46.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 267 3.05% 63 0.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 148 1.69% 44 0.50%
Mining 119 1.36% 19 0.22%
Construction 539 6.17% 45 0.51%
Manufacturing 2,176 24.89% 1,141 13.05%
Wholesale trade 114 1.30% 34 0.39%
Retail trade 310 3.55% 530 6.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 314 3.59% 53 0.61%
Transportation & warehousing 176 2.01% 31 0.35%
Utilities 138 1.58% 22 0.25%
Information 5 0.06% 68 0.78%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 69 0.79% 159 1.82%
Finance & insurance 31 0.35% 143 1.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 38 0.43% 16 0.18%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 167 1.91% 129 1.48%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 73 0.84% 77 0.88%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 94 1.08% 46 0.53%
Educational, health & social services: 175 2.00% 1,115 12.76%
Educational services 129 1.48% 415 4.75%
Health care & social assistance 46 0.53% 700 8.01%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 149 1.70% 306 3.50%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 31 0.35% 31 0.35%
Accommodation & food services 118 1.35% 275 3.15%
Other services (except public administration) 195 2.23% 133 1.52%
Public administration 198 2.27% 287 3.28%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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